View from Merkur Mountain – Gernsbach Old Town loop from Bergstation MerkurBergbahn

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View from Merkur Mountain – Gernsbach Old Town loop from Bergstation MerkurBergbahn

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View from Merkur Mountain – Gernsbach Old Town loop from Bergstation MerkurBergbahn

03:01

42.0km

640m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 5.92 km for 73 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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55 m

View from Merkur Mountain

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great view over Baden-Baden, the surrounding Northern Black Forest, but also with a distant view over the Rhine plain to the Vosges and the Palatinate Forest.

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6.48 km

Until 1977, trains still ran on the branch track from the station Baden-Os to the city railway station Baden-Baden to today's old station. Since then, the representative station building has been used as the foyer of the Baden-Baden Festival Theater.

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6.63 km

Fountain at Hector Berlioz Park

Highlight • Monument

A romantic spot near the Festspielhaus

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16.8 km

Avenue at Schloss Favorite, Rastatt

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful avenue near the access to the castle.

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22.3 km

Unimog Training Center Hofgut Rotenfels

Highlight • Structure

Unimog Museum is worth seeing

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22.6 km

Rotenfels Castle

Highlight • Castle

Former country estate of the Margrave of Baden, built around 1725. State Academy for Art, Theater and Culture since 1995.

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23.4 km

Kurpark Ice Cream Café

Highlight • Cafe

Really cool spot! You can really live there!

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33.9 km

Gernsbach Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

The historic city center of Gernsbach is under monument protection. The city wall with the stork tower, the old town hall and the many half-timbered houses characterize the cityscape.

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42.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.6 km

10.8 km

8.50 km

7.80 km

1.21 km

150 m

Surfaces

31.1 km

4.46 km

3.30 km

2.07 km

832 m

237 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 6 October

25°C

7°C

40 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

September 18, 2024,🇩🇪 🏛Weltkulturebe- Stadt: 🌐 Baden-Baden ⤴️ + Waldgasthaus 🍺🍽 Nachtigall 🐦‍⬛ - ↘️ Gernsbach u. Murgtal 🏞

Entertaining bike tour to Baden-Baden, where we picked up our mutual friend EDITH - and then went for a great ride in the Baden-Baden city forest 🌲🌲. - In the forest inn 🐦‍⬛Nachtigall 🍽 - here we made a planned PIT STOP - to exchange ideas with each other over some casual conversations! 👍👏😉 By the way, my two ladies …

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